CC Sabathia (Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr.) Quotes

Before I came here, I had people telling me what a tough place New York is, how other players came here and struggled. But I never let that bother me. I came here because I want to win.

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  Parker Posey
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• How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.

  

  Ted Danson
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  • Important
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• Isolation is a self-defeating dream.

  

  Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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• If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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• Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.

  

  Larry Ellison
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• Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.

  

  Hans Rosling
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• The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

  

  Edith Wharton
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• Once you join the queue for the immigration line, pay attention to what the expeditor tells you. Have your papers ready. Don't have your cell phone out. Take off your hat. Open your passport to the page with your photo and present it to the immigration officer already open.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
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• I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Up
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• It kind of scares me, the notion that we're going to be injecting ourselves into other countries' affairs when they're not posing a threat to our security. I wouldn't be telling Israel what to do.

  

  Gary Johnson
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• I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
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• I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.

  

  Patrick Fischler
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• In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Life
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• I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

  

  Jacob Dalton
  • Good
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• We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going to take liberties, small liberties, with Air Force One, as we take small liberties with our White House set.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Work
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• World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

  

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• Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.

  

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• Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.

  

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• I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark passion. A lot of these are guys coming from a tumultuous life, including myself. Some people need outlets, a way to express yourself.

  

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• Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.

  

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  • Life
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• I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.

  

  Kathleen Anne Brien
  • People
  • Music

• Before I came here, I had people telling me what a tough place New York is, how other players came here and struggled. But I never let that bother me. I came here because I want to win.

  

  CC Sabathia
  • People
  • Player
  • Winning